The House of Representatives has rejected the planned nationwide implementation of Operation Positive Identification (OPI) by the Nigeria Army which is to commence November 1.
The Green Chamber also mandated its Committee on Army to interface with the Chief of Army Staff to determine the purpose of the operation and report back to the House for further legislative action.
This decision was reached at the resumed plenary of the House on Tuesday following a motion of urgent public importance moved by the Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu who described the exercise as a recipe to possible militarization of Nigeria.
Elumelu in a lead debate urged the Army to concentrate on its constitutional role of defending the territorial integrity of the country and allow the police and other relevant agencies such as Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) to handle regulatory issues relating to internal security.
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